I am looking to buy about 1 doz hatching eggs. I want lavender, blue, black, or splash Orpington eggs.
Please contact me if you have any.
Thank you,
Meghan
We have been grinding our own feed for our girls as they grow. They are now at a laying age and I am wondering what I need to change.
I have access to: whole oats, ground oats, ground corn, and distillers pellets (20% protein). I can buy other grains and grind them if I need to.
I have free...
I have (had) 15 tame Ancona ducks free ranging in a pond across the road from my house. I would go out and feed them every other day and let them free range day and night. I have a great pyrenees that has taken care of my ducks and any predetor and I have NEVER lost one duck since I have had...
I was told by a friend that the hens are the ones that decide wether to lay a female or a male egg.
I thought this might be true because the eggs I bout from her came froma flock of two drakes and one of them was very mean to the girls. He would grab them by the back of their head like he was...
I moved about a month ago and tried to keep my girls at our new farmsted but immediately had a predetor problem. My Great pyrenese has since reduced but not eliminated the unwanted. The coop was old and full of holes so dh and I decided to start over.
The beginings of the new coop has been...
So I bought some chickens for eggs for our family and even for selling some eggs. My customer base has increased beyond what I will be producing and I wanted to add about five more. Right now I have all brown egg layers which is fine. I am wondering which breed would be more prolific but cold...
I bought a waterer that says it is good enough for 25 chickens and I am assuming that that is enough to last 25 FULL GROWN birds for the WHOLE day right? I believe it is a 1 gal size waterer.
Well, I have 9 chickens about 2 months old, and some small quail. I will come out to shut the coop up...
So I was watching my chicks in the brooder tank(I use a large livestock watering tank) and I kept seeing the chicks spread out their wings and then their foot on the same side. I thought nothing of it and considered it a stretch. Then they started to lay down on their side with the wing and foot...
I am personally new to chickens but my husband raised them with his family when he was younger.
Right now we have 9 chickens all about the same age. Maybe a month difference between the oldest and the youngest. We have a pair of Black Australorps, a pair of Barred Rocks, a pair of Buff...
I can't quite tell if this one is a roo. At first I was sure because he/she was bigger than the other Australorp and he/she looked like he/she was more red in the face.
Now though, I am starting to see red on the other Australorp's head and she has caught up in size.
Anyone have any thoughts...
So I bought a pair of Barred Rock Pullets, Buff Orpington Pullets, and Black Australorps. My questions has to do with the last pair. One of the Black Australorps has white markings on the end of her mature wing feathers. I was under the impression that this breed was ALL black. The other Black...